A list of supported host operating systems that you can use to run Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 (840319)

INTRODUCTION

You can use Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to install multiple server operating systems on a single computer by using virtual machines. Virtual Server 2005 is built with multithreaded services that are optimized for the Intel Architecture 32-bit (IA-32) hardware architecture.

This article lists the operating systems that Virtual Server 2005 can run on.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 can run on computers that have the following operating systems installed:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
Note Without ISA Server 2000 or ISA Server 2004
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

After you install Virtual Server 2005, you can configure multiple virtual machines on the computer.

REFERENCES

For additional information about Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/news/bulletins/vmnews.mspx

For more information about the system requirements for Virtual Server 2005, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

Microsoft Virtual PC for Windows 2004 is a similar product for migrating and consolidating desktop programs. For additional information about Virtual PC for Windows 2004, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/